Breeding performance, mate fidelity, and nest site fidelity in a long-lived seabird: Behaving against the current?

Oikos

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-276

  C Naves, Liliana ^a   Yves Monnat, Jean ^b   Cam, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Bât 4R3 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE FIDELITY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; SITE SELECTION;

AVES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 33750061009     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14883.x     Document Type: Article

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